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From the WSJ comments:

"The policy of the American government is to leave its citizens free, neither restraining them nor aiding them in their pursuits." -Thomas Jefferson

Why is the government involved in the auto industry in the first place?

1 posted on 12/30/2021 4:24:52 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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2 posted on 12/30/2021 4:45:01 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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Electrified vehicles are very expensive and there is no sign that the prices will come down with mass production. Electric rates are increasing as well, erasing most potential cost savings.

The UK is considering eliminating private ownership of vehicles. This will happen here by either gov’t dictates or simply pricing vehicles out of the reach of ordinary citizens.

In the future, your vehicles will be via subscription.

Initially, you will have a vehicle and pay per mile or a fixed rate per month.

This will lead straight into autonomous vehicles where you do not have the vehicle at your residence. You will request a vehicle for X number of people or to haul X pounds of product and it arrives to collect you and take you to your destination.

The vehicles will be interconnected and centralized, so, much like your mobile phone, you will be tracked at all times. We know they will retain this information for marketing purposes, but it will be used by gov’t to surveil its subjects.


3 posted on 12/30/2021 4:48:01 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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hmm... isn’t it fascistic for that to happen?

hehehe. we are all fascists now.


4 posted on 12/30/2021 4:55:39 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Why is the government involved in the auto industry in the first place?

Global warming.

Oh, and taking the Obama bailouts. Just like with the Mafia, even if you pay them back, you're never truly done with them.

7 posted on 12/30/2021 6:20:46 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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Ping


12 posted on 12/30/2021 7:53:33 AM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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